Cowdenbeath skipper Robbie McNab won three player-of-the-year awards – and a look at the season’s stats shows why.
The former Kelty Hearts regular played every single Lowland League game, 34 in total, most of them in centre midfield, but when the team were short of central backs on occasion, he dropped back into defence and did well too.
He also scored three goals during the campaign and was Mr Consistency.
As interim manager Stevie Crawford, said after watching his captain score the winner in their final home game against Gretna 2008: “Robbie is a player who simply never gives up. He can play in different positions and always gives maximum commitment, and is truly a winner.”
Cowden finished the season in 10th spot in the Lowland League, on 46 points from their 34 games, and the reason for not finishing higher could be traced to their home record, which saw only three wins from 17 matches at Central Park, and eight draws, which meant an average of only a point a game.
As they finished only 11 points behind sixth placed Tranent, a better home record would have seen them pressing for the top five.
Other regular performers for the Blue Brazil were forward, Zac Butterworth, who played 32 games; centre-back Gregor Jordan, who played 31 times; winger Jamie Docherty, who started 29 matches; goalkeeper Craig Hepburn, who played 26 times, recording seven shut-outs; midfielder Matty McDonald, with 26 games; and attacking link man, Aiden McLaughlin, with 23.
Leading scorer was Docherty, with 12 league goals and 15 in total including cup-ties; with Josh Jack, who left the club in the New Year, hitting six league goals. Ewan MacPherson scored four league goals, as did Matty McDonald, so it was clear Cowden’s problems lay in converting chances.
So the new manager, who will shortly take over, will look to increasing the number of goals being scored by the team as the 55 achieved last season was not enough to see more games won.
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